It's almost baseball season, so let's start pulling in the puns! I just wanted to be sure everyone knew that I was going for that use-case of the title, not what you'd find in urban dictionary... Who comes up with that stuff?!
Huge weekend from Sam Dekker, getting 28 minutes off the bench on Friday night when Ryan Anderson exited after only 9 minutes (Illness - tried to play through The Plague that is running rampant in the NBA, but it claimed another victim. Somebody really needs to do something about the flu and stomach issues that make the NBA seem germier than going on a cruise.), going 17/7/2/0/1 with a trey in 28 minutes. Then in his first career start Saturday night - at the Grizzlies who are supposed to be a defensive team - Dekker blew up like an upper decker for 30/4/0/2/0 on 12-19 FG with 6-11 treys.
Somebody get a hand in his face! Got 35 minutes, and didn't commit a single TO in either of these games. Roto-efficiency! Dekker's been playing decently - albeit a little under-the-radar - in his bench minutes this season, but he's a good rebounder who hits treys and can pepper in stocks. All the while maintaining a low TO rate. Kinda seems Otto Porter-ish to me! Although Dekker is only 28-49 at the FT line for some reason, good for 57.1%. While Ryno is "only" out sick right now, all his injuries does make him an endangered species... Everyone is out for Ryan Anderson's ivory! Everyone wants a nice white dude shooter on their team... Now the Rockets have two! So if Ryno's back flares up again, or if he has any injury really, Dekker would be a must-own. I might even nab him for the short-term, if you have any streaming spots you can dedicate to a little run - because speaking of a little run, doctors told Rynio he might be dealing with this stomach bug for 1-2 weeks. Somebody get this guy some pepto bismol and keep him away from my toilet tanks! Here's what else went down over the weekend in fantasy basketball action:
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